Creative Forces: Healing through Writing and the Arts

Inspired by our current exhibition, The Great War & Southampton, the Southampton History Museum is honored to host a panel discussion on the role of writing and the arts as healing practices for soldiers in the past and present. Our panelists include: John Melillo: East End visual artist and disabled Vietnam Veteran who uses painting as a solace and healing mechanism. T.R. Hendricks: Author, former US Army Captain/military intelligence officer, and Iraq Veteran who uses writing as a solace and healing mechanism. Dr. Daniel Van Arsdale: Director of Medical Education and Site Designated Institutional Official at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, he practices neuromusculoskeletal, family, and hospice and palliative care medicine. Dr. Van Arsdale is an Iraq Veteran who served as a Field Surgeon with the 42nd Infantry Division. Steven Gould: Co-Curator and Research Associate, Southampton History Museum Sarah Kautz (moderator): Co-Curator and Executive Director, Southampton History Museum.